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whiskery, a.
[f. whisker n.1]
1. Having large whiskers.
1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxiv, The old lady is..as tall and whiskery as a grenadier.
2. Suggestive of or resembling whiskers or a whisker; having whiskers.
1927H. V. Morton In Search of England v. 98 The dark room smelt of..that indefinite whiskery smell of old men. 1959Times 4 May 4/5 They fluffed a chip out of whiskery grass. 1984Listener 10 May 3/1 Streets with a few measly roadside stalls peddling second-rate oranges and whiskery root vegetables. |